Tech Industry

Uber would be forced to shut down its ride-hailing operations in California if a court ruling that blocks it from classifying its drivers as independent contractors goes into effect, the company said in a court filing. A California judge…
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Tencent has played down Donald Trump’s ban on its WeChat app, believing it will only affect its US operations. The tech giant runs an equivalent messaging platform in China called Weixin which it hopes will be unaffected. The bigger…
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A California judge on Monday granted the state’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking Uber and Lyft from classifying their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The ruling by Judge Ethan Schulman of San…
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After over 13 years of offering Western Union as a payment method to Google AdSense publishers, Google has announced it is going away. Google said “as of August 10, 2020, you will no longer be able to select Western Union as a new form of…
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In a limited launch, Google is testing virtual business cards in search results that show up when a person’s name is searched for. Now rolling out in India, Google’s new ‘people cards’ let individuals highlight themselves in search results…
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Airbnb could file confidentially to go public as early as this month. The same report states that Airbnb could follow that filing with an IPO before year’s end. Morgan Stanley and Goldman are helping…
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Walmart is partnering with grocery delivery platform Instacart in yet another bid to rival Amazon and its growing offline network of Whole Foods stores and same- and one-day Prime delivery. The partnership, first reported on Tuesday by…
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If you’re the sort of person who waits until you’re sure all the bugs are out before upgrading, you’ll be glad to know that Canonical has just released the first point update of April 2020’s Ubuntu Linux 20.04 Long-Term Support: Ubuntu…
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TikTok will file a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration as soon as Tuesday to dispute the president’s recent executive order banning the widely popular video-sharing app over national security concerns, a person directly…
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NEW YORK – The numbers are eye-popping: One million Amazon.com shares offloaded for more than US$3.1 billion (S$4.2 billion). And yet for the seller, Jeff Bezos, it barely puts a dent in his stake in the e-commerce giant. The disposal,…
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